Richard Francis Burton Quotes
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I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.
Richard Francis Burton
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Author Details:
Type:
Explorer Quotes
Category:
English Explorer Quotes
Date of Birth:
March 19, 1821
Date of Death:
October 19, 1890
Nationality:
English
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Henry Hudson
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Quote Keywords:
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Clubs,
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Enemy,
Energetic,
Hoped,
Mercy,
Pushes,
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Save,
Strokes,
Surrounded,
Thus,
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Upon,
Were,
Whose,
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Dictionary Links:
Attendant,
Dozen,
Enemy,
Energetic,
Hoped,
Mercy,
Rattled,
Rendered,
Save,
Surrounded,
Thus,
Time,
Uncertain,
Upon,
Were,
Whose,
Without
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